Hi Graham:
I see your point. What you have said is fine. What you have missed is that
eBay is so imbalanced towards the buyer that tips the scale for me. No one
is suggesting any active actions or rigging, Merely an opportunity to use
some courtesy with people who are friends. I hope that you can see that too.
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "GeeBee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 4:41 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Bid names
>
> If I sell something on the bay I hope the price will the best available
> conducted under fair conditions and I would be pissed if I thought I was
> getting less because the potential bidders were colluding to stop the best
> price being reached.
>
> No one likes a bargain better than I do but I am prepared to pay what an
> item is worth to me. I never bid until the end for two reasons. One, to
> outbid anyone who is holding back and not committing whatever he/she deems
> a
> fair price. Two, to deny myself time to up my own bid which I decided upon
> when I was rational :-)
>
> What happens with this list of bidders names when one of the names on the
> list is also the seller? Do the other names seek to deny an OM list
> subscriber the best price?
>
> What's the next step? Bidding 'up' a members listing and if one of us
> 'accidentally' buys it just pay the listing fees again, relist it and
> repeat
> the process until we catch someone who is not a list member?
>
> I am a little uncomfortable with this whole thing. I don't want to come
> across as some sort of saint because I most certainly am not and I have no
> wish to offend anyone who doesn't feel the same way that I do. I do not
> see
> myself as holding any moral high ground nor do I think any less of those
> that will not agree with me.
>
> It's just my 2 cents worth. Flame away :-)
>
> --Graham
>
>
>
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